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Born	June 15, 1969 (age 57) • Peshawar • Pakistan

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British Open Squash Championships, 1989: Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan

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Nicol David

Nicol David

Malaysian squash player

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Sarah Fitz-Gerald

Australian athlete

Pakistan Muslim League leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks at a press conference in Lahore, seated beside another man, with microphones visible in front of them.

Nawaz Sharif

prime minister of Pakistan

Imran Khan

Imran Khan

prime minister of Pakistan

Shehbaz Sharif

Shehbaz Sharif

prime minister of Pakistan

Shahzia Sikander

Shahzia Sikander

Pakistani-American artist

Becoming the new face of the party

Maryam Nawaz Sharif

Pakistani politician

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari speaks at the United Nations podium with a portrait of Benazir Bhutto, wearing a garland and waving, placed beside the microphone.

Asif Ali Zardari

president of Pakistan

Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan

Asim Munir

Pakistani military officer

Black and white illustrated portrait of a man with wavy hair, round glasses, and a thoughtful expression, wearing a simple shirt, representing writer and playwright Saadat Hasan Manto.

Saadat Hasan Manto

Pakistani author

Malala Yousafzai wearing a pink and white headscarf, looking at the camera with a neutral expression against a plain light background.

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani activist

Benazir Bhutto, wearing a white headscarf and light blue clothing, looks slightly to the side in a close-up portrait.

Benazir Bhutto

prime minister of Pakistan

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, wearing a suit and patterned tie, gestures with his right index finger raised while speaking at a podium.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Pakistani politician

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan speaking at a press conference, wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie, with a blue United Nations backdrop.

Pervez Musharraf

president of Pakistan

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Pakistani scientist

Hear Dr. Teepu Siddique talk about his research on the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Teepu Siddique

Pakistani American neurologist

Arshad Nadeem aiming for gold

Arshad Nadeem

Pakistani track-and-field athlete

Pakistan: inauguration of Islamist political party office

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

Pakastani Islamist militant

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

prime minister of Pakistan

Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram in green and yellow uniform, holding a bat mid-swing on a cricket field during a match in 2003.

Wasim Akram

Pakistani cricketer